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Political Endorsements
The IUGE endorses these
outstanding Nevadans:
♠For Justice of
Nevada Supreme Court Seat
B:
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Former District Court Judge, Don P. Chairez
(non-partisan) www.chairez.com
♣For State
Assembly-District 21:
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Assemblyman, Bob Beers (R)
www.bobbeers4assembly.com
♥For State
Assembly-District 2:
x Former
Wynn Dealer, Meghan A. Smith (D)
www.meg4assembly.com
♦For State
Senate-District 7:
x Former
Assemblyman, Lou Toomin (R)
www.toominforsenate.com
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Casinos Squeeze a
Win at Nevada’s Expense
Assembly Bill 2 was
widely supported by the legislature, and even by our
do-nothing Governor, but the powerful casino lobby found
a way to kill it. The bill was intended to compel
casinos and restaurants to pay taxes on meals they comp
for customers and employees. The bill would have set
straight an issue the Nevada Supreme Court bungled when
they ruled that a Sparks casino did not have to pay
taxes on meals it had comped. As expected, all the other
casinos lined up to get their pound of flesh from the
strapped state coffers.
Once word got to gaming
lobbyists about the possible success of the bill, they
opened up with a full court press to kill it. Our
weak-kneed legislature and our go-with-the-wind governor
quickly folded and that was the end of AB 2.
But the state needs
revenue desperately, so now it seems that we again must
look to increase the gross gaming tax from its
embarrassingly low 6 ¾% to at least 9 ¾% or more.
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Contract
Negotiating is an Art
We will not offer our
advice to any labor organization on how they should
conduct contract negotiations with an unscrupulous
management team.
We will, however, state
our opinion that any management team that stonewalls
contract negotiations (on issues such as tip
confiscation, for example), should suffer the
embarrassment of a very visible picket line that informs
the public, and incidentally the company’s stockholders,
that the company is not negotiating in good faith. Good
faith would, of course, be breached when both parties
mutually agreed to deal with all issues but one party
secretly states they will NEVER compromise on an issue
such as tip confiscation. That deception is bad faith
bargaining in its worst form and it should be known by
all.
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